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The Disappearance of a St. Louis Boy Remains a Mysterynew
Six years after the fact, the disappearance of nine-year-old Christian Ferguson remains a mystery.
Riverfront Times |
Kristen Hinman |
03-20-2009 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: St. Louis, Christian Ferguson
He Survived the Pickup-Artist Scene, Now He Wants to Survive the Apocalypsenew
Neil Strauss' own press materials call him "the world's most legendary pickup artist," but his new game is all about learning to survive not dating disasters but actual life-threatening, end-days disasters, an obsession that brings plenty of its own worries.
L.A. Weekly |
Gendy Alimurung |
03-20-2009 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Coachella: Indio Times 10new
Goldenvoice's Paul Tollett on the decade-old music festival.
L.A. Weekly |
Randall Roberts |
03-20-2009 |
Concerts
With a Probable Run for Governor in Sight, a High-Profile Celebrity Drug Case Couldn't Hurtnew
The Anna Nicole Smith indictments and California Attorney General Jerry Brown's contact high with the political power grid.
L.A. Weekly |
Steven Mikulan |
03-20-2009 |
Politics
Spy vs. Spy: Tony Gilroy’s 'Duplicity'new
Julia Roberts goes mano a mano with Clive Owen.
L.A. Weekly |
Scott Foundas |
03-20-2009 |
Reviews
Why Los Angeles Crime-Fighters Fell Years Behind on Rape Testingnew
Experts have suggested a stunning possibility: that 500,000 rape kits, given low priority by scores of police departments, have been sitting untested for years.
L.A. Weekly |
Christine Pelisek |
03-20-2009 |
Crime & Justice
Trail of Dead's 'Century of Self'new
Although Trail of Dead's latest falls shy of the glory days, it suggests a brighter future.
Tucson Weekly |
Michael Petitti |
03-19-2009 |
Reviews
Approaching 90, T-Model Ford Keeps the Blues Goingnew
Blues guitarist T-Model Ford has incredible energy and vitality for a man of any generation.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
03-19-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Israel's Monotonix Is Setting America on Fire -- Literallynew
"You hit my girlfriend in the head with a trash can, and as much as I love her, you were still the best fucking band I've seen in ages," one fan wrote on Monotonix's MySpace page. This says a lot about the rock 'n' roll of Monotonix.
Tucson Weekly |
Annie Holub |
03-19-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
'Last House on the Left' Remake Is Horrifying -- Not Necessarily in a Good Waynew
Trying to add sweetness and hope to sludge like this is like pouring a bag of sugar into raw sewage laced with cyanide. It's not going to help.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
03-19-2009 |
Reviews
Grotesque Syndicate: 'Gomorrah'new
You'll learn a thing or two from this bleak, difficult movie about the other Italian mafia.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
03-19-2009 |
Reviews
The Time Has Come to Talk About Boosting the Minimum Driving Agenew
We harangue our teenagers about sexually transmitted infections, drugs, alcohol, cigarettes, the violent content of video games, mass-produced entertainment, even guns. Yet according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, motor-vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death among teenagers.
Tucson Weekly |
Catherine O'Sullivan |
03-19-2009 |
Commentary
Tags: commentary, teenage driving
Deaf Guitarist Does Not Go Gentlynew
Since the age of 10, Steve DiCesare has slowly been losing his hearing. It is now almost completely gone, but the band plays on.
Boulder Weekly |
Dylan Otto Krider |
03-19-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Doc Finds the Flaws in North America's Approach to Intellectual Propertynew
A new "open source" documentary is a look at the battle between copyright and "copyleft."
Fast Forward Weekly |
Lindsay Bowman |
03-19-2009 |
Reviews
'I Love You, Man,' But This Movie Sucksnew
The cliched plot and forced comedy of I Love You, Man are better suited to Dane Cook.
Fast Forward Weekly |
Alan Cho |
03-19-2009 |
Reviews
